Prime example of why the archeological community NEEDS ancient coin collectors. A simple consultation via the web with this site would have saved the archeologists from cleaning off all the egg on their faces. But, I guess we all know that archeologists are professionally trained and know far more than ancient coin collectors when it comes to item authenticity or attribution.

Its things like this that cause a lot of problems. When you visit, especially the middle east, a lot of people turn up fakes and show you newspaper articles which claim they are genuine. They are actually spoiling the hobby and is extremely difficult to persuade them otherwise.